Pachypanchax omalonotus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINODONTIFORMES	APLOCHEILIDAE

Scientific Name:	Pachypanchax omalonotus
Species Authority:	(Duméril, 1861)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2004

Assessor/s:

Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop, Mantasoa, Madagascar 2001

Reviewer/s:

Stiassny, M.L.J., Sparks, J.S. (AMNH, New York) & Darwall, W (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)

Justification:
This species is restricted to the offshore island of Nosy Be and the basin of the Sambirano River on the adjacent mainland. It is common throughout its range with no known widespread major threats across it's full range. It is assessed as Least Concern.

History:

1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Madagascar.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar

Population [top]

Population Trend:	Unknown

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Freshwater

Systems:

Freshwater

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Dumeril, A. 1858. Reptiles et poissons de l'Afrique occidentale. Archives du muséum national d'histoire naturelle, publiées par les professeurs administrateurs de cet éstablishment. Paris 10:241-268. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Loiselle, P.V. and de Rham, P. 2003a. Pachypanchax. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar, pp. 870-871. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Dumeril, A. 1858. Reptiles et poissons de l'Afrique occidentale. Archives du muséum national d'histoire naturelle, publiées par les professeurs administrateurs de cet éstablishment. Paris 10:241-268.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.

Loiselle, P.V. and de Rham, P. 2003a. Pachypanchax. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar, pp. 870-871. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Citation:	Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Pachypanchax omalonotus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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